Tag: literary
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ICYMI: ‘Geek Psychology’ And Anorexia’s Place In Literary Fiction
ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week.This week, we read two unusual pieces that expanded the way we think about disordered eating. One article explored the cultural factors stacked up against women from immigrant families with eating disorders — particularly the mismatch between parents forcing food on them (while simultaneously…
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ICYMI: ‘Geek Psychology’ And Anorexia’s Place In Literary Fiction
ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week.This week, we read two unusual pieces that expanded the way we think about disordered eating. One article explored the cultural factors stacked up against women from immigrant families with eating disorders — particularly the mismatch between parents forcing food on them (while simultaneously…
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New laws to ease doctor shortage see long delays, criticism
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new Missouri law offered a first-of-its-kind solution to the physician shortage plaguing thousands of U.S. communities: Medical school graduates could start treating patients immediately, without wading through years of traditional residency programs.
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Liberia’s last Ebola contacts finish quarantine
More than 160 people deemed at risk of catching Ebola in Liberia finished their mandatory surveillance period on Friday, taking the worst affected country a step closer to ending the epidemic. Liberia was the first of West Africa's three most badly hit countries to be declared Ebola-free, once in May and again in September, but…
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Gambia president declares country an Islamic republic
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Friday declared the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to distance the West African state further from its colonial past. “In line with the country's religious identity and values, I proclaim Gambia as an Islamic state,” said Jammeh on state television. “As Muslims…
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Family of neglected Washington state inmate settles claim for $4 million
The family of a mentally ill Washington state man who died of dehydration and malnutrition after officers placed him in a jail cell without running water has reached a $4 million settlement agreement with authorities, a sheriff said on Friday. The April death of 25-year-old Keaton Farris at the jail in Coupeville, 45 miles north…